Synopses & Reviews
A publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantasy tales for a groundbreaking collection—including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume.
With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings, taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie. This mesmerizing collection features all of Kens award-winning and award-finalist stories, including: “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” (Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards), “Mono No Aware” (Hugo Award winner), “The Waves” (Nebula Award finalist), “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” (Nebula and Sturgeon award finalists), “All the Flavors” (Nebula award finalist), “The Litigation Master and the Monkey King” (Nebula Award finalist), and the most awarded story in the genres history, “The Paper Menagerie” (The only story to win the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards).
A must-have for every science fiction and fantasy fan, this beautiful book is an anthology to savor.
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"Emotionally unpredictable, Liu's stories take off in unexpected directions and arrive at destinations both startling and satisfying." Shelf Awareness (Starred Review)
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"I know this is going to sound hyperbolic, but when I’m reading Ken Liu’s stories, I feel like I’m reading a once-in-a-generation talent. I’m in awe." Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
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"There is a dark and sometimes shocking edge to some of these stories, but nearly all are provocative, and several are brilliant." The Chicago Tribune
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"Liu’s wondrous tales eloquently explore the place where ordinary and the extraordinary meet." The Washington Post
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"These remarkable stories highlight Liu’s themes of family, love, and politics and gathered in one collection pack an even bigger punch. Those who revere shorter speculative works will definitely want this book." Library Journal (Starred Review)
About the Author
Ken Liu’s fiction has appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s, Analog, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, and Clarkesworld, among other places. He has won a Nebula, two Hugos, a World Fantasy Award, a Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Award, and been nominated for the Sturgeon and the Locus Awards. His wife, Lisa Tang Liu, is an artist. He lives near Boston with his family.
Ken Liu on PowellsBooks.Blog
I'm often asked how I get ideas for my stories. The answer is: there's no single way; every story is different.
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